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JAMES BpMac'DU-Fr, or NEW'YORK, N; -Y`

Laim Para@ Nb. 75,558, and March 17,1868.

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Be it known that I, JAMES B. MACDUFL of NewYork, in the county of NewYork, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement; in the Mode of lFermin-g Raised Ornaments upon Wood; and I do hereby declare -that the following is a full, clear, and-exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art'to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this sp'eeicatin, in whch-` l Figure '1 is a perspective view of the knife nsed in giving form to theornament.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectionlof the same, taken rthrough the line :z: x, iig. 1.

Figure 3 is. a perspective view ofthe followerfby which theornament is pressed down into the wood.

vFigure 4is a perspective view of a block ofiwoo'd in which the ornament has been pressed down, and the surrounding wood partly out away. y

Figure 5 is -aperspective v iew of a block of wood, showing vthe surroundingwood cut away, and the ornamentswelled out or raised.l

My invention has .for its object to fnrnish an improved, simple, and convenient mode by means of whichletters, Scrolls, or Vother raised ornaments, may be formed upon wood; and it consists inl the mode of accomplishing this, as hereinafter more fully described.

A is a knife, which is made of the'exact shape and size of the Yletter or ornament to be formed uponl they wood. The lmife .A is then forced into the wood alittle deeper than it is desired that the ornament should project when iinished. The knife `.Ajis then removed, and the follower B, `the face-of which is made of the exact form ofthe desired ornament, is forced down, compressing the ornament int'o the block as far oralittle farther than itis desired thatv the ornament should project when finished, leaving the wood around the Said compressed ornament projecting, as shown in iig. 4. The woodprojcting around the letter or Vornament is thensawn o,

By sawing ed' 'the wood surrounding the ornament, the partrsawn offY may be nsed for forming sunken-or depressedornaments. The block or board istheu steamed; or exposed' to the action of alcohol, water, or other similar agent, by which the'comprssed wood is expanded or 'raised to its former state, and the letter o r other .ornament stands projecting' above the other parts ofthe block or board.

By repeating the operation two `or more times, complex ornaments, or ornaments, parts of which project higher than other parts, may be formed.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentv Raising ornaments upon w'ood by means of the knife A and follower B, operated as described, whereby the knife is forced into the wood and removed, and the follower' Bapplied to compress theornaments, which, after the blank is sawed oli', aire ,raised to the desired height bysteaming, as herein shown 'and'described The above specification of my invention signed by me, thislSth d ay of June, 1867.

' Y JAMES" B.' MACDUFF.

l Witnesses:

WM. F. McNAMAnA, JAMES T. GRAHAM. 

